Florida\u2019s ban on cultivated meat will remain in effect after a federal appeals court upheld the law in a ruling released Monday.<\/p>\n
Upside Foods, a California-based company that grows and sells cultivated chicken, brought the suit after the law (SB 1084<\/a>) prohibiting the manufacture, sale and distribution of lab-grown meat took effect in July 2024.<\/p>\n A three-judge panel on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals found Florida\u2019s ban on lab-grown meat doesn\u2019t conflict with existing federal laws regulating poultry that is raised for human consumption.<\/p>\n ALSO READ: Federal lawsuit against Florida ban on ‘lab-grown’ meat still alive after judge’s ruling<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cBecause Florida\u2019s ban on lab-grown meat does not regulate Upside\u2019s ingredients, premises, facilities, or operations, federal law does not preempt SB 1084,\u201d Judge Andrew Brasher, an appointee of President Donald Trump, wrote.<\/p>\n U.S. District Judge Mark Walker of the Norther District of Florida, an appointee of President Barack Obama, had previously rejected Upside Foods’ claims and Monday\u2019s ruling upheld that decision.<\/p>\n But the Institute for Justice, a nonprofit law firm that represents Upside Foods in the case, will continue to litigate the issue. Monday’s ruling shot down a request for a preliminary injunction, but the underlying case will still go on, Institute for Justice senior attorney Paul Sherman said in an emailed statement.<\/p>\n